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I was out in Maiami City running a few errands for mom when I came across a newspaper with this headline.

*[Attached is a photo of a newspaper: The headline reads 'Yushou Sakaki: A Washed Up Duelist']*

It's some kind of smear article on dad, claiming crazy things like how he knew he was 'washed up', how his dueling hadn't been up to par in his recent duels before the accident and claiming his leg injury wasn't as bad as it was, even claiming the accident was on 'purpose' to go out with some kind of 'blaze of glory' because he 'knew' he was going to lose to his opponent!
They even go on to claim it's the end of 'Entertainment Dueling'! Not even mentioning me, or Yuzu or You Show Duel School who can keep it going!

It's ridiculous! Who even writes this stuff?!
And why do people always assume the worst of dad when something happens?

This comes only a day after dad had a check up on his leg. It's healing, but not as fast as they'd hoped, so he still has to rest it for at least another month before they consider it safe for him to start physiotherapy on it and even then it's still up in the air if he'll be able to go back to doing Action Dueling or not.

I dunno, I guess I just had to vent about this somewhere. I really thought the media had left us alone like we asked and then someone just writes... this!

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It's ridiculous! Who even writes this stuff?!

Newspaper writers.

Because it generates clicks and ad revenue and makes money.

Or the newspaper owner doesn't like your Dad.

I just wish they'd think about how this would make us feel having to read this stuff.

It's not right that they can just write what they like about anyone for clicks and money.

Yeah, it's pretty awful but that's how this stuff works...

I have to read every couple of months that Reiji drinks people's blood, Reira is actually a reptilian and I kill people for sports.

Sadly, welcome to the Jungle.

They even write things about Reira?

Geez. That's really harsh.

Especially about Reira.

You don't know how many Anti-Vax and Child Abuse claims get peddled around tabloids and online. It's dumb.

That's so awful! You guys care so much about Reira.

This is what annoys me so much about this stuff, because it has the potential to be really damaging to people if it happened to blow up somehow.

Yeah. It really blows.

Best you can do is ignore it and do your best to be a good person, at the end of the day.

Yeah. I guess not much more can be done other than that.

The upside is you and your family are really nice people so your actions should speak for themselves.

Yeah. You're right.

Thanks Serena.

And if anything ever escalates with any of those dumb rumours people throw at you guys, well, I'm sure you have a legal team or something for it, but, we all have your backs too.

Yeah, we have a legal team that might possibly eat souls.

But the moral support is appreciated!

Uggh... People like to write stuff like this all the time, but it doesn't change the facts of anything, does it?

I mean, I'm mad too, but them believing all of that doesn't make it true, bro.

I guess. It's just frustrating that people do believe stuff like this!

Remember how mad people got when he disappeared all those years ago and they all assumed he'd just chickened out on his match against Strong Ishijima?? I wouldn't be surprised if there are some people who still hate him for that, even though that wasn't at all true.

'course I remember. But we know he didn't. It's just... It's the same kinda folks who just wanna stir up a controversy where one doesn't exist.

Plus they might be trying to goad us since we did reject any interviews all about it.

I know.

It's just not fair they can write whatever they want and have people believe it.

You should just ignore it, Yuya.

Serena is right. It's just something they've written simply to make people buy the paper.
It doesn't mean anything.

I know! I just... wish they couldn't just write whatever they wanted about dad AND about Entertainment Dueling!

I'll definitely prove to them that Entertainment Dueling is far from over!

Talk about frustrating! I'd go and give whoever wrote that stuff a piece of my mind, but that's probably what they want so they have more to try and "spin a story" about!

Yeah, I guess it would just fuel the fire, huh.

But I'm definitely going to show them that Entertainment Dueling isn't dead. Even if it ends up that dad can't go back to it, there are more than enough people putting in the hard work to keep it alive!